APRIL 2012
EDITORIAL
COMMENT
Mainstreaming extremism
The inherent contradictions of Ahmad al-Assir
Spencer Osberg and Ali Sayed-Ali
Rolling back the frontiers of reform
Government grasps at price controls and resurgent anti-capitalism
Jihad Yazigi
SPECIAL REPORT: CANCER
Healthcare’s disease
Government cancer policy falls prey to pharmaceutical collusion and cost overruns
Zak Brophy
Treatment costs a pot of gold
New medication and machinery swell the price tag of curing cancer
Peter Speetjens
No pill for the hole in the pocket
Misleading policies and brokers can leave patients to pay up
Thomas Schellen
ECONOMICS & POLICY
The ministry’s call
New mobile contracts leave a question mark over who is really in control
Zak Brophy
BANKING & FINANCE
No longer happy to lend
Lebanese banks reluctant to keep filling a bucket with holes in it
Maya Sioufi
From Beirut to billions
Fady Michel Abouchalache, a son of Lebanon who has soared atop global finance
Maya Sioufi
The man with your books
Executive chats with the head of the central bank’s Special Investigation Committee
Zak Brophy
Investment guide MENA stock tips
Regional investment gurus give their insider insights
Executive Editors
REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT
FEATURE
Syria rendez-vous with the rebellion
From the northern Syrian province of Idlib, a moment in the Syrian uprising
Executive Editors
SPECIAL REPORT: ADVERTISING
A revolution’s commercial openings
Advertisers adapting to a new social, digital landscape
Rayya Salem
The mechanics of creativity
Under pressure, ad industry starts churning out the goods
Thomas Schellen
Ad-vice from the top
The advertising industry’s biggest players speak to the changing times
Executive Editors
Complementary or contradictory
Understanding that PR is more than dressed up advertising
Majdi Al-Ayed
A direct line to the big time
Global tycoons take over a UAE success in digital media
Thomas Schellen
CONSUMER SOCIETY
COMPANIES & STRATEGIES
Blockbuster financing
The high-risk, high reward money behind the making of “The Prophet”
Maya Sioufi
BUSINESS ESSENTIALS
LAST WORD
